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Title: Homeless men treated to Christmas feast
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1952
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: An estimated 1500 homeless men and boys were served Christmas dinners at the Midnight Mission, 326 South Los Angeles Street. Benny Swinn, one of five chefs who prepared the feast, serves George Alexander Wiley, former Marine major, at the head of the line. Menu included turkey with the usual Christmas trimmings. Photo dated: December 25, 1952.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00041467
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 3472.; HE-000-139 4x5
CARL0000045065
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/12868
Subject: Midnight Mission (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Missions--California--Los Angeles
Homeless persons--California--Los Angeles
Dinners and dining--California--Los Angeles
Christmas--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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